Lost 6-Year-Old Boy Reunited With Family Thanks to Officer's Keen Eye

Off-duty officer spots lost boy while out on his day off
Boy safely reunited with grandmother who reported him missing

A police officer who was out on a holiday helped a lost 6-year-old boy return safely to his family, moving people with the story.

According to the Ulsan Nam District Police Station on November 11, Officer A was out taking care of personal errands on his day off on October 5 last month when he spotted a 6-year-old boy wandering alone on a street in Ulsan.

A six-year-old child who was walking alone on the street was safely reunited with their family with the help of a police officer. Screenshot from the Korean National Police Agency’s YouTube channel.

Although the weather was chilly at the time, the boy was wearing light clothing. Finding this unusual, Officer A approached him and asked, "Where are your parents? Where are you going?" to assess the situation.

After determining that the boy was lost, Officer A asked the owner of a nearby store to call 112. When the boy began to move farther out of sight, Officer A grew concerned, approached him again, took his hand, and led him to a safe place.

Officers who responded to the call took custody of the boy, put him in a patrol car, and headed to the police substation. By chance, a grandmother who had reported her grandson missing was waiting there. The boy arrived at the substation with the officers and was safely reunited with his grandmother, who breathed a sigh of relief after confirming that he was her grandson.

Police also completed a pre-registration for missing-person prevention to help ensure the boy's safety in the future. The pre-registration program for missing-person prevention allows information such as photographs, guardians' contact details, and fingerprints of minors under the age of 18 to be registered in advance in case they go missing. Its purpose is to help locate them quickly and reunite them with their families using the registered information if they do go missing.

Police are urging people to take facial photographs regularly and keep pre-registration information up to date, as differences between a child's current appearance and the registered photo could complicate identification if the child goes missing.

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